Dr. Jack Min

Professor
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Dr. Jack Min

Professor

Chemical & Biological Sciences

Ward Beecher Hall 3014

phone: (330) 941-1945

xmin@ysu.edu

xmin.people.ysu.edu/

Bio

YSU 2008 - present
Education: Ph.D. 1995 University of Hawaii; MSS (Master of Software Systems) 2002 University of British Columbia; MS 1987 China Agricultural University; BS 1984 Qingdao Agricultural University Postdoctoral Research: University of British Columbia (1996-1998); Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan (1998-2000) Work Experience: Research associate - University of British Columbia (2000-2002); Concordia University (2002-2008)
Current Research & Teaching at YSU (2008 - present) Research projects: (1) Bioinformatics software and database development - software tools for DNA sequence analysis and identification of alternatively spliced genes; knowledge database development for secretomes and alternatively spliced genes; (2) Gene and genome annotation and evolutionary analysis. Teaching: BIOL1505: Biology & the Modern World; BIOL2601: General Biology - Molecules and Cells; BIOL3721: Genetics; BIOL3745: Plant Physiology; BIOL4890L: Molecular Genetics Laboratory; BIOL6964: Advanced Molecluar Genetics; BIOL4800: Bioinformatics; BIOL6900: Advanced Bioinformatics; BIOL5858: Computational Bioinformatics

Research Interests

Bioinformatics, Plant Genomics and Physiology

Teaching Interests

Bioinformatics, Plant Physiology, General Biology, etc

  • Education
    • 2002

      MS, Software Systems

      University of British Columbia

    • 1995

      Ph D, Plant Sciences

      University of Hawaii at Manoa

      Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Physiological Effects of Environmental Factors and Growth Regulators on Floral Initiation and Development of Pineapple [Ananas Comosus (L.) Merr.]."

    • 1987

      MS, Agronomy

      China Agricultural University

    • 1984

      BS, Agronomy

      Qingdao Agricultural Universtity

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2023

      PLOS

      Long Service Award

      For over 5 years of dedicated service and commitment to the PLOS ONE Editorial Board

    • 2013

      Youngstown State University

      Distiguished Professorship

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2024

      "AQPrius: Offline Approximate Query Processing Enhanced by Error Assessment using Bootstrap Sampling"

      F. Yu, S. Maharjan, L. Kerns, X. Min, A. Arslanyilmaz, M. Zhu

      International Journal of Computer Science and Security, volume 18, issue 3, p. 30-47

    • 2024

      "Error Assessment for Multi-Join AQP using Bootstrap Sampling"

      S. Maharjan, L. Kerns, X. Min, F. Yu

      39th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications (CATA'24), volume 98, p. 46-55

    • 2023

      "Systematic collection and analysis of alternative splicing events in potato plants"

      A. Ogungbayi, J. Lee, V. Vaghela, F. Yu, X. Min

      Journal of Plant Sciences, volume 11, issue 3, p. 98-106

    • 2023

      "Pistachio genomes provide insights into nut tree domestication and ZW sex chromosome evolution"

      S. Kafkas, X. Ma, X. Zhang, .. Min, ..., a. others

      Plant Communications, volume 4, issue 4

    • 2022

      "Comparative analysis of alternative splicing events in foliar transcriptomes of potato plants inoculated with Phytophthora infestans"

      J. Lee, X. Min

      Computational Molecular Biology, volume 13, issue 1, p. 1-8

    • 2022

      "Identification and Analysis of Alternative Splicing in Soybean Plants"

      X. Min, T. Kasamias, M. Wagner, A. Ogunbayi, F. Yu

      Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, volume 83, p. 1--9

    • 2022

      "Molecular evolution of genes involved in quinic acid utilization in fungi"

      D. Asch, J. Ziegler , X. Min

      Computational Molecular Biology, volume 11, issue 5, p. 1-15

    • 2021

      "Advances in transcriptome analyses using RNA sequencing technology in soybean plants [Glycine max]"

      X. Min, M. Wagner, T. Kasamias

      Computational Molecular Biology, volume 11, issue 1, p. 1-14

    • 2019

      "Expanding alternative splicing identification by integrating multiple sources of transcription data in tomato."

      S. Clark, F. Yu , L. Gu , X. Min

      Frontiers in Plant Sciences, volume 10:689., issue doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00689.

    • 2018

      "A survey of alternative splicing in allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)"

      X. Min

      Computational Molecular Biology, volume 8, issue 1, p. 1-13

    • 2017

      "Comprehensive Cataloging and Analysis of Alternative Splicing in Maize"

      X. Min

      Computational Molecular Biology, volume 7, issue 1, p. 1-11

    • 2017

      "Comparative landscape of alternative splicing in fruit plants"

      X. Min

      Current Plant Biology, volume 9-10, p. 29-36

    • 2016

      "ProtSecKB: The Protist Secretome and Subcellular Proteome Knowledgebase"

      X. Min

      Computational Molecular Biology, volume 6, issue 4, p. 1-12

    • 2016

      "Genome-wide identification and analysis of genes encoding proteolytic enzymes in pineapple"

      X. Min

      Tropical Plant Biology, volume 9, issue 3, p. 161-175

    • 2016

      "Analysis of alternative splicing landscape in pineapple (Ananas comosus)"

      X. Min

      Tropical Plant Biology, volume 9, issue 3, p. 150-160

    • 2015

      "Prediction of plant protein subcellular locations"

      K. Neizer-Ashun, F. Yu, J. Meinken, X. Min, G. Chang

      Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BICOB 2015

    • 2015

      "The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis"

      R. Ming, X. Min, a. others

      Nature Genetics, volume 47, issue 12, p. 1435-1442

  • Professional Service
    • 2023 - 2023

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Scientific journals: PlosOne; Plants, International Journal of Molecular Sciences; 7 articles

    • 2023 - 2024

      Editor, Journal Editor
      MDPI Plants

    • 2015 - 2023

      Editor, Journal Editor
      PLOSONE

    • 2012 - 2024

      Other
      Computational Molecular Biology

  • Public Service
    • 2022 - 2022

      Judge
      District 15 Lake-to-River Science Day

    • 2022 - 2022

      Judge
      YSU QUEST